netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: tunnels - enable module autoloading

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Message-Id: <20140521.154744.124910385161203311.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 21 May 2014 15:47:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	teg@...m.no
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, jmorris@...ei.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: tunnels - enable module autoloading

From: Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 23:21:30 +0200

> Enable the module alias hookup to allow tunnel modules to be autoloaded on demand.
> 
> This is in line with how most other netdev kinds work, and will allow userspace
> to create tunnels without having CAP_SYS_MODULE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
> ---
> v2: add ';'
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I must have sent out the wrong version of this patch. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Applied to net-next, although I never saw a firm conclusion in the
thread for the original patch where there was a discussion about
whether this is already possible or not.
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